Binge Eating Disorder: Do I Go Public or Keep it Private?

Binge eating disorder (BED) can bring on feelings of guilt, shame, remorse, and secrecy. It is a severe disorder than affect all parts of a person’s life. BED is newly recognized within the eating disorder field. It was adopted as its own diagnosis in the new DSM-V manual. Prior it is acceptance, it was a [...]
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Intimacy Issues and Eating Disorders in Women

For women with intimacy issues and eating disorders, it can be scary to enter into or be in a relationship. Many individuals with eating disorders, both men and women, have body image disturbances and negative perceptions of how others view them. This can create barriers to having an intimate relationship with a partner. Often, women [...]
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Celebrities Fighting Eating Disorders

It is easy to think you are all alone when you have an eating disorder, but nothing could be further from the truth. Recently, singer and rapper Ke$ha entered rehab for treatment of an undisclosed eating disorder, proving even celebrities on the red carpet have image issues and self-doubt. When it comes to these mental [...]
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How to Know When ‘Healthy Eating’ Turns into Orthorexia

Melainie Rogers, MS, RDN, CDN, CEDRD Eating Disorder Hope: Welcome to today’s #EDHchat! Today we will be tweeting with @melainierogers how to know when healthy eating turns into orthorexia. Eating Disorder Hope: Please welcome Melainie Rogers, Founder of BALANCE ED Treatment Center @BALANCEedtc Eating Disorder Hope: Melainie will be tweeting as @melainierogers Eating Disorder Hope: [...]
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How to Use ED Treatment as Launch to a Stronger Family

Stronger Family Smiling After family-based therapy

Contributor: Michelle Wells, The Meadows Ranch When my friend told me that her teenage daughter entered an intensive outpatient program for the treatment of anorexia, I hugged her, and then I congratulated her. “This is great news,” I said. A surprising response, maybe, but it was heartfelt. I encouraged her and celebrated because I knew [...]
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Teen Athletes & Anorexia: Concerns for Parents and Coaches

Teen female athlete struggling with anorexia

Teen athletes who are dealing with anorexia nervosa face considerable challenges with their physical and mental well-being. Parents and coaches who are more involved with a teenage athlete can play an instrumental role in awareness and early interventions, particularly as many of the signs of an eating disorder can be easily overlooked or seen as [...]
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Addressing Medical & Psychological Complications of Eating Disorders

@ Dr. Margherita Mascolo & Dr. Gillian Lashen on August 3, 2017 Dr. Margherita Mascolo & Dr. Gillian Lashen of ACUTE Center for Eating [...]
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To The Bone: Controversy, Conversation, Eating Disorder Hope

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Netflix’s new film To The Bone, written and directed by Marti Noxon and starring Lily [...]
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Orthorexia – The “Clean Eating” Disorder

Food to help be healthy and fight binge eating

“Clean eating” is a popular term used today to describe a form of “healthy” eating, but there is a dark side to this eating [...]
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Social Isolation & Anorexia in Teenagers

Eating disorders worldwide have “practically doubled over the last 20 years, and ha(ve) been the highest in adolescence [1].” It is during this transitionary period that teens begin to notice and internalize societal beliefs related to weight and appearance and show concern with body image [1]. At this time, teen’s social interactions with peers and [...]
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